March 20, 2006 / Research Papers
By Amdissa TeshomeMarch 2006 "Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian Economy". This statement has almost become a cliché for development professionals in Ethiopia. Those who went to school 50 years ago, read it; and later on wrote about it.
March 20, 2006 / Research Papers
Agriculture remains the backbone of the Kenyan economy. It is the single mostimportant sector in the economy, contributing approximately 25% of the GDP, andemploying 75% of the national labour force (Republic of Kenya 2005). Over 80% of theKenyan population live
March 19, 2006 / Miscellaneous
{jathumbnail off}Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with per capita gross domestic product of $190, 30 percent of under-five children being malnourished and the infant mortality rate of 229 per 1,000 live births and a life
March 1, 2006 / Miscellaneous
Future Agricultures is the UK Department for International Development funded learningconsortium comprising the Institute of Development Studies, Imperial College London and the Overseas Development Institute. The Consortium has been formed to stimulate debate and generate policy options for agricultural growth.
March 1, 2006 / Discussion Papers
Land is a public property in Ethiopia. It has been administered by the government sincethe 1975 radical land reform. The reform brought to an end the exploitative type of relationship that existed between tenants and landlords. Tenants became own operators
March 1, 2006 / Discussion Papers
By Samuel GebreselassieMarch 2006 Ethiopia’s inability to feed its population and thus its continued dependence on foreign donations of food to sustain millions of its citizens is a dilemma that triggers a broad economic and sociological debate. The problem of
March 1, 2006 / Discussion Papers
Ethiopia has been structurally in food deficit since at least 19801. The contribution of agriculture to food security has declined as the growth in food production has failed to keep pace with population growth. The level of chronic food insecurity
March 1, 2006 / Discussion Papers
By Samuel GebreselassieMarch 2006 Ethiopia’s inability to feed its population and thus its continued dependence on foreign donations of food to sustain millions of its citizens is a dilemma that triggers a broad economic and sociological debate. The problem of
March 1, 2006 / Discussion Papers
By Samuel Gebreselassie Ethiopia has been structurally in food deficit since at least 1980. The contribution of agriculture to food security has declined as the growth in food production has failed to keep pace with population growth. The level of
March 1, 2006 / Research Papers
By Andrew Dorward, Rachel Sabates Wheeler, Ian MacAuslan, Chris Penrose Buckley, Jonathan Kydd, and Ephraim ChirwaMarch 2006 There is widespread concern at continuing poverty and food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and the poor record of agriculture in promoting broad based
March 1, 2006 / Research Papers
Ephraim W. Chirwa, Jonathan Kydd and Andrew DorwardMarch 2006 Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with per capita gross domestic product of $190, 30 percent of under-five children being malnourished and the infant mortality rate of
March 1, 2006 / Research Papers
Amdissa TeshomeMarch 2006 “Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian Economy”. This statement has almost become a cliché for development professionals in Ethiopia. Those who went to school 50 years ago, read it; and later on wrote about it. So
March 1, 2006 / Workshop Publications
Future Agricultures is the UK Department for International Development funded learningconsortium comprising the Institute of Development Studies, Imperial College London and the Overseas Development Institute. The Consortium has been formed to stimulate debate and generate policy options for agricultural growth.
March 1, 2006 / Workshop Publications
Three consultative workshops were organized between 7th March 2006 and 10th March 2006. The first consultative workshop was held on 7th March 2006 at Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre with stakeholders in the tea sector and government officials. The second
January 9, 2006 / Policy Briefs
Policy Brief 09 By Ephraim W. Chirwa, Jonathan Kydd and Andrew Dorward This Briefing Paper examines challenges and dilemmas for Malawi’s agricultural policy-makers, emerging from current policy processes as well as being rooted in past policies and outcomes.
January 8, 2006 / Policy Briefs
Policy Brief 08 By Ephraim W. Chirwa, Jonathan Kydd and Andrew Dorward January 2006 Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, with per capita gross domestic product of $190 and high rates of child malnourishment and infant
January 7, 2006 / Policy Briefs
Policy Brief 07 By Patrick O. Alila and Rosemary Atieno January 2006 The success of Kenya’s Strategy for Revitalising Agriculture (SRA), discussed in the Future Agricultures briefing Agricultural Policy in Kenya, depends critically on policy processes, structures and actors affecting
January 6, 2006 / Policy Briefs
Policy Brief 06 By Patrick O. Alila and Rosemary Atieno January 2006 Agriculture is the backbone of the Kenyan economy. It contributes approximately 25% of GDP, employing 75% of the national labour force. Over 80% of the Kenyan population live
January 5, 2006 / Policy Briefs
Policy Brief 05 By Amdissa Teshome January 2006 Trade-offs between growth and poverty reduction and the role of agriculture are major contemporary issues in debates about future agricultures in Africa. In Ethiopia, this has been a long-running debate, but one
January 4, 2006 / Policy Briefs
Policy Brief 04 By Samuel Gebreselassie January 2006 The prevailing orthodoxy is to see the problem of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia strictly as a technical and resource related problem. This view identifies the low level of agricultural productivity as the
January 3, 2006 / Policy Briefs
Policy Brief 03 By Samuel Gebreselassie January 2006 Ethiopia has been structurally in food deficit since at least 1980. Today, Ethiopia is the world’s most food aid dependent country. The country received 795 thousand metric tonnes of food aid annually
January 2, 2006 / Policy Briefs
By Samuel Gebreselassie, Amdissa Teshome, Stephen Devereux, Ian Scoones, and Kay SharpPolicy Brief 002 The paradox facing agricultural policy in Ethiopia was neatly encapsulated in a statement by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in 2000: "The agricultural sector remains our Achilles
January 1, 2006 / Policy Briefs
By Samuel GebreselassiePolicy Brief 001 Land and land tenure is a hot policy issue in Ethiopia. Three key issues are raised – farm size and fragmentation and the question of what is a ‘viable’ farm unit; tenure security and whether
January 1, 2006 / Briefings politiques / Policy briefs in French
Quel est le rôle de l’agriculture aux yeux des organismes internationaux concernés par le développement agricole ? Quel rôle jouent le marché et l’état ? Ce document de synthèse examine quatre déclarations faites récemment par des organismes d’aide de premier
January 1, 2006 / Briefings politiques / Policy briefs in French
Rôle de l’agriculture dans la lutte contre la pauvreté L’agriculture est le moteur de l’économie kenyane. Elle contribue à environ 25 % du PIB, employant 75 % de la population active nationale. Plus de 80 % de la population kenyane
January 1, 2006 / Briefings politiques / Policy briefs in French
Au Kenya, le succès de la Stratégie de relance de l’agriculture (SRA), examinée par Future Agricultures dans son document d’information « La politique agricole kenyane », dépend des structures, acteurs et processus politiques affectant la politique agricole kenyane. Ce document
January 1, 2006 / Briefings politiques / Policy briefs in French
Terre et régime foncier sont des sujets sensibles en Éthiopie. Trois problèmes cruciaux se posent : d’abord, la taille et le morcellement de l’exploitation et la question de savoir ce qu’est une exploitation « viable » ; ensuite, la sécurité
January 1, 2006 / Briefings politiques / Policy briefs in French
Ce document d’information examine les défis et dilemmes auquels sont confrontés les décideurs en matière de politique agricole au Malawi, qu’ils soient issus des processus politiques actuels ou qu’ils soient enracinés dans les politiques et résultats du passé.
January 1, 2006 / Briefings politiques / Policy briefs in French
Le Premier ministre éthiopien Meles Zenawi a clairement cerné le paradoxe de la politique agricole nationale en 2000 lors d’une déclaration : « L’agriculture demeure notre talon d’Achille et une source de vulnérabilité […] Nous demeurons cependant convaincus que l’agriculture
December 2, 2005 / Workshops
Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 2 December 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD Is there a future for small farms?
November 25, 2005 / Workshops
Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 25 November 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD Politics, policies and agriculture: the art of the possible in agricultural development
November 11, 2005 / Workshops
Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 11 November 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD What priorities for improved agricultural technology?
November 4, 2005 / Workshops
Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 4 November 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD Agriculture and the rural non-farm sector: rivals or complements?
October 28, 2005 / Workshops
Achieving pro-poor growth through agriculture: the challenges Friday, 28 October 13.00–14.30, at Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD Effective rural institutions: the missing link in market-based agricultural development? Why has market liberalisation often not resulted in
June 2, 2005 / Miscellaneous
In the late 1990s a review of aid-assisted livestock projects included an assessment of sustained impact on poorer producers (Ashley et al. 1998). The review looked back over 35 years and analysed documents from more than 800 livestock projects funded
June 1, 2005 / Journal special issues
IDS BulletinVol. 36 No. 2, 2005 Edited by Ian Scoones, Aaron deGrassi, Stephen Devereux and Lawrence Haddad Both this year’s UN Millennium Report and The Commission for Africa Report highlight the lack of progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals
June 1, 2005 / Miscellaneous
{jathumbnail off}{jcomments off}Neoliberal policies have in recent years focused on introducing institutional reform to facilitate and regulate the operation of free markets. It is still assumed that the freemarket is the best mechanism to achieve efficient and equitable growth, alongsidetechnical
June 1, 2005 / Miscellaneous
{jathumbnail off}{jcomments off}Agricultural development is a sine qua non fo improving livelihoods in Africa’s predominantlyrural economies, yet agricultural productivity has hardly improved and African food production percapita continues to decline. This is not because of a lack of planning efforts,
June 1, 2005 / Miscellaneous
{jathumbnail off}{jcomments off}This year’s UNMillennium Report highlights the lack of progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in sub-Saharan Africa. The Commission for Africa report (2005) similarly highlights themajor challenges of poverty reduction on the continent.What role should agriculture
June 1, 2005 / IDS Bulletin
There is little doubt that agricultural research is of critical importance to the future of agriculture in Africa. As an investment, it has been shown again and again to deliver high returns, in terms of both financial benefits (Alston et
June 1, 2005 / News
By Kojo Sebastian Amanor Neoliberal policies have in recent years focused on introducing institutional reform to facilitate and regulate the operation of free markets. It is still assumed that the freemarket is the best mechanism to achieve efficient and equitable
June 1, 2005 / News
Neoliberal policies have in recent years focused on introducing institutional reform to facilitate and regulate the operation of free markets. It is still assumed that the freemarket is the best mechanism to achieve efficient and equitable growth, alongsidetechnical prescriptions. A
June 1, 2005 / News
By Monty Jone Agricultural development is a sine qua non for improving livelihoods in Africa’s predominantlyrural economies, yet agricultural productivity has hardly improved and African food production percapita continues to decline. This is not because of a lack of planning
June 1, 2005 / News
In the 1990s economic liberalisation replaced state support for agriculture across much of Southern Africa. As well as reducing costs, it was assumed that liberalisation would ensure food availability and access to food through positive effects on production and trade
June 1, 2005 / News
There is little doubt that agricultural research is of critical importance to the future of agriculture in Africa. As an investment, it has been shown again afinnd again to deliver high returns, in terms of bothancial benefits (Alston et al.
June 1, 2005 / News
By Andrew Dorward, Jonathan Kydd and Colin Poulton This article argues for a fresh approach to agricultural policy in Africa, to exploit the strengths of both stateled and market-led development approaches pursued over the last 50 years, while avoiding their
June 1, 2005 / News
By Adebayo Olukoshi IDS Bulletin Vol 36 No 2 June 2005 If investments are good for growth, then a question which has always exercised the minds of economists and policy-makers historically, is just how to generate, attract, secure and sustain
June 1, 2005 / News
By Steve Wiggins IDS Bulletin Vol 36 No 2 June 2005 Success is not a word often heard when dealing with contemporary issues in agriculture in Sub- Saharan Africa. For 30 years, the overall picture has been one of failure.While
June 1, 2005 / News
By Godfrey Bahiigwa, Ntengua Mdoe and Frank Ellis IDS Bulletin Vol 36 No 2 June 2005 The findings of livelihoods research conducted in East Africa and Malawi demonstrate that the role of agriculture in contributing to poverty reduction in sub-Sahara
May 1, 2005 / News
In the late 1990s a review of aid-assisted livestock projects included an assessment of sustained impact on poorer producers (Ashley et al. 1998). The review looked back over 35 years and analysed documents from more than 800 livestock projects funded
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